"Jaime, Baraha's transfer is done?"

Belleron's matter is in line with Lister, but because the Champions League semi-finals are coming soon. So Rist didn't wait for Belleron's reply, and came to Valencia. Anyway, the season is not over yet, and there is still time for things to happen at Belleron.

One of the most important matches is about to take place here, with Valencia hosting Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals. For such an important match, Valencia's top brass were on the scene. The board of directors, including Roig and Soler, as well as the senior management of Valencia FC led by Cortez, Llorente and Otti were also present.

Of course, it's the same in Barcelona. Although Nunez has resigned, he also came to the scene. He was followed by the club's top brass, including Gaspart. Both sides are very serious about this semi-final, because after this semi-final is to enter the Champions League final.

Rist didn't make do, and Rist sat next to Ottie. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Rist didn't like Soler, and he had a good personal relationship with Roygue. Rist will definitely support Ottie because Otti is a really good person. And Rist believes that Otti, as president of Valencia, must be better than both Roig and Soler.

"Yes. Rister, you know what? After talking about Baraha's transfer, I realized that you are really a vampire. ”

"Oh?"

Look at Lister's puzzled look, Ottie hahadaxiao. "You know what? Although because of Atletico Madrid's relegation, the value of the player has shrunk a little. But Baraha, I negotiated it for 12 million euros. But look at you, Baraja has been famous for many years compared to Vicente. But how much do you knock me. ”

Rist also smiled. That's really more than 12 million euros in Baraja. Vicente sold almost 17 million euros, and that's just for the transfer fee. And Baraja is in his prime at twenty-five, and Vicente is just a rising talent. But the value is completely different.

However, of course, Rist would not admit it, so he said: "Jaime, you are wrong in this calculation. Although Baraja performed well, he was only a defensive midfielder after all, and his value was naturally not as good as that of an offensive player. And Vicente is a superstar, and whoever grabs it will be developed. ”

Ottie shook her head and didn't speak. Rist can be said to be alive anyway, even if he is dead, there is an excuse no matter how he says it. The two of them chatted easily before the game, but the other side of the court was very nervous.

"The first match of the Champions League semi-finals has begun. Valencia host Barcelona. Three teams have reached the last four of the Champions League in La Liga this season. Let's take a look at the starting line-ups of both sides. Valencia's goalkeeper is Canizares. In the back line, there are Carboni, Pellegrino, Ayala, and Angeloma, in the midfield, Makelele, Gerrard, Mendieta, López, Angulo, and in the forward line, high school striker Jankoller. ”

"Barca's goalkeeper is Hesper, and the back line is Puyol, De Boer, Reziger. The midfielders are Pep Guardiola, Gabri, Cocu, Zenden. The forward line is Litmanen, Kluivert, Dani. Garcia. ”

Louis van Gaal is a coach from Ajax. He used to be an academy coach at Ajax and cultivated the golden generation of Ajax. The golden generation of Ajax, which shocked European football in 95, is Van Gaal's masterpiece. He is a coach who is very much in the heart of attack, Zeman is an attacking maniac, and Van Gaal is not far behind. Van Gaal's attack was even more frenzied. Normally, when Barcelona plays, there are only two people left behind, at most three.

Any other coach would have chosen to be pragmatic in an important game like the Champions League semi-finals. But Louis van Gaal is different, even though it was the Champions League semi-final, he still played a passionate game.

Rist shook his head. If it were a normal game, Van Gaal's style of play would surely attract a lot of fans. But in such an important game, such a game is completely inflexible. Van Gaal's style of play may be fine against La Liga teams, but once he faces a team with strong defensive ability in midfield and excellent counter-attacking ability, he will be directly penetrated.

The classic case is when Shevchenko's Dynamo Kiev beat Barcelona. Although it is related to Shevchenko's strong individual ability, it is also because Van Gaal's Barcelona only knows how to attack, and it has something to do with being beaten by several counterattacks. But Van Gaal did not reflect on it, and later played the same style of play at Barcelona. At this time, once Barcelona encounters this kind of team, it is not uncommon to lose three or four goals.

Valencia and Barcelona have also met this season, but Van Gaal is still very stubborn in adopting an attacking style of play. Benitez, on the other hand, has taken a targeted approach to Barcelona.

Albelda was removed and Mendieta was put back in the midfield position. On the two wings, López and Angullo, were two fast horses, and the front line was on top of Jankole. Angulo has gradually moved into the bench this season and has failed to start many games. However, this important match was arranged by Benitez. Quite simply, it's to fight back.

The defensive counter-attack chosen by Benitez was an active counter-attack, not a passive one. In midfield, the combination of Claude Makelele and Gerard was designed to stop Barcelona's attack. Van Gaal's most important and most willing to play is actually a surprise attack on both flanks. This is a direct inheritance of the style of Dutch football.

"Zenden, passed to Litmanen. Litmanen's cross was headed out by Manuel Pellegrino. ”

'Pep Guardiola, the long pass was handed to Litmanen...... Litmanen passed the ball to Kluivert, who passed it back to Cocu. Koku, long shot! ”

"Dani. Garcia, cross...... Kluivert chests the ball, turns and shoots! The ball hits high. ”

After the game started, Van Gaal didn't care about the away game at all, and still let Barcelona come out and directly press Valencia. In the first ten minutes of the first half, Barcelona had already had five shots on goal.

"Barcelona are going to treat this game as if they were shooting on goal. Barcelona's players were very active after the start of the game, especially Cendon and Litmanen. Pep Guardiola got the ball again. Direct pass, Kluivert...... Makellele, Makelele broke the ball. Makelele hands the ball to Mendieta in front! ”

The biggest advantage of Makelele is that he is not greedy in the midfield position. After the ball is broken, he will pass the ball immediately and will not let the ball stay on him for a long time. This time Makelle cut off Pep Guardiola's through ball and then handed the ball straight to Mendieta.

"Mendieta, smash the ball, shake it over Gabry."

Mendieta returned to the midfield position this time and did not forget the style of play of the midfield. Although he was suppressed in his own half by Barcelona, when he got the ball, he still saw the situation on the field very clearly. He can sense the position of his players. Sense the movement of your own players.

Therefore, the moment you get the ball, you can simply smash the ball with your right foot. Shook off Gabry, who was defending himself. And then immediately it was a beautiful direct pass.

"Mendieta, direct pass! Angullo, Angulo got the ball. Puyol, young Puyol is out of place. ”

Puyol is a very important young centre-back for Louis van Gaal. He played as a left centre-back. Mendieta's ball was passed right between De Boer and Puyol. Puyol is slightly ahead. Before he could react, Angulo was already speeding by.

Angulo is a very fast player. Started running by the time Mendieta passed the ball. Then he flew past Puyol at his speed. By the time Puyol wanted to catch up again, he couldn't catch up. Because Barcelona's attack was fierce, only three defenders were left behind. There were only three defenders in that wide area. For a player like Angullo, it's just the right time to play with his speed.

"Angullo, Angulo is fast. Angullo, passing...... Jankoler, fall to the ground and shoot! ”

Angulo got past Puyol, ran all the way to the baseline, and then passed the ball straight into the box. The ball was right in the middle of the running Jankoler and Hesper, and it was up to him to see who reacted faster. Of course, it may not be possible if it were other players, but Jankoller is tall and has long legs. A tackle after a downfall touched the ball before Hesper.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

"Jankoler, Jankoler. Jankoller has been a tactical centre-forward at Valencia, scoring just a dozen goals so far this season. As a main centre-forward, there aren't a lot of goals. But his role in Valencia was irreplaceable, scoring the opening goal in such an important game. ”

"One to zero. Valencia, playing at home, leads Barcelona 1-0. As soon as this goal was scored, Barcelona's previous attacks became useless. No matter how sharp the attack is, it doesn't matter, the goal is the most important thing. ”

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！！！！！！！”

"Hooray! Valencia! Banzai! Valencia! ”

"We are Valencia! We are Valencia! We are Valencia! ”

Valencia fans couldn't help themselves with the excitement. It would have been great for them to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but then they eliminated Serie A leaders Lazio and now lead Barcelona again in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Even Benitez, who rarely smiled, smiled briefly.

Attacking, recklessly attacking is impossible to get good results. Especially in a cup competition like the Champions League, if you don't know how to defend, then everything is fake. In the past ten years of the Champions League, it is impossible for a team that only knows how to attack to win the Champions League. If you don't know how to defend in the cup, you won't go far at all.

The game restarted and Kluivert gave the ball back to Cocu, who handed it to Zenden...... Zenden passes the ball to Kluivert, who gets the ball. Kluivert accelerates past Makelele, Gerard tackles! Gerard broke the ball and Gerard passed it to Mendieta! ”

The game had just kicked off, and Kluivert wanted to have a personal jishu in the front court. It's a pity that in the face of Makelele and Herard's sandwich, he was robbed by Herard.

Mendieta got the ball again and Mendieta loved the feeling now. Rafa Benitez is a Spanish coach who prefers a wide open and closed feel. That's why Benitez is more focused on Gerrard, and more on Gerrard, who is very good at long passing. Gerrard's rise this season has pushed Mendieta straight down the right flank. Mendieta, however, prefers the feeling of being in the middle, where he thinks he has more vision and is more able to play to his passing strengths.

This time too. Mendieta got the ball and I felt like the whole pitch was in my hands. Because the Barcelona players pressed forward after the kick-off, so when Mendieta got the ball this time, it was empty everywhere. Mendieta chose Puyol's side this time.

"Mendieta, it's an overhead ball...... Angulo, Angulo again. Puyol was out of position again, and these two times were not so much Puyol's misposition as Mendieta's pass was just right. ”

"Angulo, Angulo, who has not appeared in the main lineup for a long time, seems to be very excited. Angulo was already in the penalty area, and Angulo stopped to smash the ball...... Puyol, he couldn't stop his body, and Angulo tripped over. It's a foul, it's definitely a foul. ”

When Angulo dribbled into the box, Puyol behind him continued to follow. Angulo suddenly made a sharp stop and then deftly slammed the ball over. Puyol, who had been following him, was not able to change in time, so he habitually kicked and tripped Angullo.

"Toot-"

The referee decisively stepped forward and pointed into the box, which was an unmistakable penalty.

'One minute and thirty-two seconds, just one minute and thirty-two seconds after the last goal. Barcelona had just kicked off and it was another penalty, and it was too big a blow. Young defender Puyol, who appeared in the first team for the first time this season and was entrusted with the responsibility by coach Louis van Gaal, was embarrassed by Mendieta's pass and Angullo's breakthrough. Both breakouts started here. ”

As the first penalty taker, Mendieta put the ball on the spot.

"Mendieta, Mendieta started to run...... Shot! ”

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

"Two to zero, two to zero. With two goals in the space of three minutes, Valencia was pressed by Barcelona from the start of the game. But it took just three minutes for Valencia to make it 2-0. Two goals, two goals in just three minutes. ”

"It was only 16 minutes and Valencia was already 2-0 up at Barcelona. Both times were Angulo breakthroughs down the right, with young Puyol by far the worst. (To be continued......)